Research
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Beetle iridescence a deceptive form of warning colouration, study finds
3 May 2022
A new study published today in Animal Behaviour shows for the first time that brilliant iridescence and gloss found in some animals can have a protective function by working as a form of deceptive warning colouration, and that it is the key feature of iridescence, its changing colours, that is important for this effect.
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Defect detection system wins top prize
14 November 2014
A system which enables automated detection of defects across a range of structures emerged as the winner of the 2014 New Enterprise Competition – the University of Bristol’s answer to Dragon’s Den.
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Perinatal mental health crucial for physical and mental wellbeing of both parents and child
14 November 2014
The importance of looking after the mental health of parents during pregnancy and after childbirth, in order to promote the physical and mental wellbeing of both parents and child, is highlighted in The Lancet today.
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Ever-increasing CO2 levels could take us back to the tropical climate of Paleogene period
30 July 2018
A new study led by scientists at the University of Bristol has warned that unless we mitigate current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, Western Europe and New Zealand could revert to the hot tropical climate of the early Paleogene period – 56-48 million years ago.
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Immigrant pupils more likely to think school can help them succeed than UK-born peers
20 July 2018
Pupils who have immigrated to the UK have a significantly more positive attitude towards school than their peers whose parents were born here, new research has revealed.
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Carbon ‘leak’ may have warmed the planet for 11,000 years, encouraging human civilisation
30 July 2018
The oceans are the planet’s most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millennia.
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Insomnia could increase people’s risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds
7 April 2022
People who have difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep had higher blood sugar levels than people who rarely had sleep issues, new research has found. The University of Bristol-led findings suggest insomnia could increase people’s risk of type 2 diabetes, and that lifestyle or pharmacological treatments that improve insomnia could help to prevent or treat the condition.
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UK public shows strong preference for vaccines that prevent severe illness, particularly for children
13 June 2018
The UK public has a clear preference for funding vaccination programmes which protect young children against severe diseases, finds a new study that considered the public’s preferences on vaccines available on the NHS. The study suggests that the public’s preferences about which vaccines are made available on the NHS, particularly children, are not reflected by the current approach. The Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF)-funded study, led by University of Bristol researchers, is published today [13 June] in PLOS ONE.
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Patients to set agenda for heart failure research
13 June 2018
People with advanced heart failure, their carers, families and friends are being asked to help set the priorities for future research into the condition. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge are working with the James Lind Alliance - a non-profit organisation which looks for unanswered health research questions by reaching out to those most affected - to identify research questions that will focus on improving advanced heart failure care.
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Smoking during pregnancy may not cause ADHD in children after all
7 April 2022
A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in the scientific journal Addiction and led by University of Bristol researchers shows that maternal prenatal smoking is associated with offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but is unlikely to be the cause of it.
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